Help for student veterans who are struggling financially (King5.com) The transition from military service to school brings a new battle of paying bills for some student veterans. When military benefits aren’t enough to make ends meet, some struggle to stay enrolled – and off the streets.

State unveils program to help vets find jobs (GSA Business) State officials have launched Operation Palmetto Employment — a statewide military employment initiative aimed at reducing the unemployment rate among South Carolina’s military community.

Veterans

Veterans face myriad challenges, former Army official says (USC News) Unprecedented health and social challenges face today’s returning military service members, and they will only mount as veterans age, according to former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and former U.S. Secretary of the Army Togo West Jr., who delivered this year’s Edward R. Roybal Memorial Lecture.

Vietnam Veterans Sue for Better Discharges, Claiming PTSD (The Wall Street Journal) A group of Vietnam veterans sued the U.S. government Monday, alleging they were given other-than-honorable military discharges for violations that would today be attributed to the psychological stress of combat.

Veterans Affairs

Veterans Affairs officials receive response training (Midland Daily News) A group of management officials at the Aleda E. Lutz VA Medical Center in Saginaw recently traveled to the only federally-chartered weapons of mass destruction training site in Anniston, Ala., for a week-long advanced training in emergency response.

DoD Budget Faces Defiant Congress (Defense News) Chuck Hagel, with his first budget plan as US defense secretary, has managed to
do the unthinkable: He has united Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill.

Republicans blast Obama defense cuts (The Hill) GOP lawmakers say the Obama administration is ignoring history in planning a defense budget that bets there won’t be another protracted ground war in the near future.